What is the joint and several approach to injuries?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Harris v Gill, 2019 BCSC 1665 (CanLII):
The joint and several approach to indivisible injuries was explained in Bradley v. Groves, 2010 BCCA 361, leave to appeal ref’d [2010] S.C.C.A. No. 337:
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